Boom and Bust: The Business of Autonomy

$30 billion burned before a single fare: Argo AI closed by Ford, Cruise crushed by its own SF meltdown, and Waymo left standing while China's fleets scale past everyone. The business story of the autonomous vehicle challenge.

Playlist by @av_grand_challenge

16 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Google Burned $30 Billion for 16 Years. Then Waymo Beat Everyone. — Uptin
2. Why Ford And VW Shut Down Their Multi-Billion Dollar Self-Driving Project — CNBC
3. Ford beats on top and bottom lines, plans to wind down Argo AI business — CNBC Television
4. Ford to end its autonomous vehicle division — Yahoo Finance
5. Self-driving shakeup: TuSimple CEO fired & Argo AI shuts down + Divvy Homes CEO Adena Hefets | E1600 — This Week in Startups
6. History of Cruise Self Driving Cars — John Coogan
7. GM's Cruise recalling all 950 robotaxis after SF pedestrian dragging incident — ABC7 News Bay Area
8. Cruise has meltdown in SF’s North Beach day after driverless cars get expansion approval — KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA
9. DMV suspends Cruise's permits determining they are not safe for public's operation — KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA
10. Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt resigns from GM-owned robotaxi unit: Here's what you need to know — CNBC Television
11. Why self-driving cars have stalled | It's Complicated — The Guardian
12. Only One of These Cars Can Make Money — Maxinomics
13. Waymo, Zoox, Tesla: Who Wins the Robotaxi Race? — Bloomberg Television
14. Look Who's Driving — Computer History Museum
15. Advantages and Disadvantages of Legacy Car Manufacturers: Bryan Salesky of Argo AI — The Information
16. Aurora's Self-Driving Truck Just Made History — Aurora